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Breathe HR

Breathe is a UK-headquartered cloud HRIS designed for small and midsize businesses, covering employee records, holiday and sickness tracking, performance, documents, expenses, and rota scheduling. The Breathe API is a REST/JSON service that exposes employee, absence, account, and related HR resources for integration with payroll, identity, and analytics tools. Authentication uses a per-account API key passed in the X-API-KEY header against a production base URL of https://api.breathehr.com/v1 with a sandbox available at https://api.sandbox.breathehr.com/v1.

Breathe HR publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Absences API, Account API, Employees API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include HR, HRIS, Human Resources, Employee Management, and Absence Management.

Breathe HR’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, support, and 6 more developer resources.

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31.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessSelf serve
6 APIs
HRHRISHuman ResourcesEmployee ManagementAbsence ManagementHoliday TrackingSMBUK

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 31.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.1 / 20
Access Clarity 2.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Breathe HR REST API

JSON REST API for managing employees, absences, holidays, sick leaves, accounts, and related HR records inside Breathe. Calls require an X-API-KEY header containing the account-...

Breathe HR Absences API

The Absences API from Breathe HR — 2 operation(s) for absences.

Breathe HR Account API

The Account API from Breathe HR — 1 operation(s) for account.

Breathe HR Employees API

The Employees API from Breathe HR — 2 operation(s) for employees.

Breathe HR Holidays API

The Holidays API from Breathe HR — 2 operation(s) for holidays.

Breathe HR Sicknesses API

The Sicknesses API from Breathe HR — 2 operation(s) for sicknesses.

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Breathe HR REST Absences API

OPEN COLLECTION

Breathe HR REST Absences Account API

OPEN COLLECTION

Breathe HR REST Absences Employees API

OPEN COLLECTION

Breathe HR REST Absences Holidays API

OPEN COLLECTION

Breathe HR REST Absences Sicknesses API

OPEN COLLECTION

Breathe HR REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Breathe Hr Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Breathe Hr Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Breathe Hr Agentic Access

15 operations · 6 acting

15 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Signup
Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Knowledge Base
Knowledge Base

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: breathe-hr
name: Breathe HR
description: Breathe is a UK-headquartered cloud HRIS designed for small and midsize businesses, covering employee records,
  holiday and sickness tracking, performance, documents, expenses, and rota scheduling. The Breathe API is a REST/JSON service
  that exposes employee, absence, account, and related HR resources for integration with payroll, identity, and analytics
  tools. Authentication uses a per-account API key passed in the X-API-KEY header against a production base URL of https://api.breathehr.com/v1
  with a sandbox available at https://api.sandbox.breathehr.com/v1.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/breathe-hr.png
tags:
- HR
- HRIS
- Human Resources
- Employee Management
- Absence Management
- Holiday Tracking
- SMB
- UK
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/breathe-hr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: breathe-hr:rest-api
  name: Breathe HR REST API
  description: JSON REST API for managing employees, absences, holidays, sick leaves, accounts, and related HR records inside
    Breathe. Calls require an X-API-KEY header containing the account-level token generated from the Breathe admin under Configure
    > API Settings.
  humanURL: https://developer.breathehr.com/
  baseURL: https://api.breathehr.com/v1
  tags:
  - HR
  - Employees
  - Absences
  - Holidays
  - Account
  tags_raw:
  - HR
  - Employees
  - Absences
  - Holidays
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.breathehr.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.breathehr.com/documentation/getting_started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.breathehr.com/documentation/authenticating
  - type: Sandbox Base URL
    url: https://api.sandbox.breathehr.com/v1
- aid: breathe-hr:breathe-hr-absences-api
  name: Breathe HR Absences API
  description: The Absences API from Breathe HR — 2 operation(s) for absences.
  humanURL: https://developer.breathehr.com/
  baseURL: https://api.breathehr.com/v1
  tags:
  - Absences
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/breathe-hr-absences-api-openapi.yml
- aid: breathe-hr:breathe-hr-account-api
  name: Breathe HR Account API
  description: The Account API from Breathe HR — 1 operation(s) for account.
  humanURL: https://developer.breathehr.com/
  baseURL: https://api.breathehr.com/v1
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/breathe-hr-account-api-openapi.yml
- aid: breathe-hr:breathe-hr-employees-api
  name: Breathe HR Employees API
  description: The Employees API from Breathe HR — 2 operation(s) for employees.
  humanURL: https://developer.breathehr.com/
  baseURL: https://api.breathehr.com/v1
  tags:
  - Employees
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/breathe-hr-employees-api-openapi.yml
- aid: breathe-hr:breathe-hr-holidays-api
  name: Breathe HR Holidays API
  description: The Holidays API from Breathe HR — 2 operation(s) for holidays.
  humanURL: https://developer.breathehr.com/
  baseURL: https://api.breathehr.com/v1
  tags:
  - Holidays
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/breathe-hr-holidays-api-openapi.yml
- aid: breathe-hr:breathe-hr-sicknesses-api
  name: Breathe HR Sicknesses API
  description: The Sicknesses API from Breathe HR — 2 operation(s) for sicknesses.
  humanURL: https://developer.breathehr.com/
  baseURL: https://api.breathehr.com/v1
  tags:
  - Sicknesses
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/breathe-hr-sicknesses-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/breathe-hr-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/breathe-hr-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/breathe-hr-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.breathehr.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.breathehr.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.breathehr.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.breathehr.com/en-gb/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.breathehr.com/en-gb/free-trial
- type: Knowledge Base
  url: https://intercom.help/breathehr/en
- type: Support
  url: mailto:support@breathehr.com
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breathehr
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com